TrekW - General Manager/Head - Plant HR

This is a full time senior level role with our global manufacturing client based in Chennai. This is a Plant HR Head/GM role.

Key Purpose of the Job:

- Leading all HR/IR activities of the plant, handling a workforce of ~3800 employees.

- Ensure effective Talent management process as well as ensure happiness of employees by timely and effective HR services to internal customers.

- Ensuring harmonious Employee/community relations.

- The incumbent must have strong experience in IR/Industrial relations, attrition management, employee costing and should have worked in a plant set up as HR.

Key Performance Areas:

- Efficient and Effective HR services to ensure happy and engaged employees

- Capability Building of managerial workforce and workmen

- Harmonious IR environment at plants, leading long term settlements with Union

- Derisking Organization from Potential Risks & Liaisoning

- Management of Employee Cost

- Ensuring Safe Working environment

- Community Development & Sustainability

Key Activities & Responsibilities:

Strategic:

- Productivity improvement through collaborative working

- Talent Management of Managerial Employees

- Creation and implementation of strategies for smooth functioning of workforce

Human Resources:

- Designing & Benchmarking of HR policies and processes

- Engagement of employees

- Development and upgradation of capability to achieve plant vision

- Management of manpower availability as per plan

- Management of employee cost tracking and intervention

Employee Relations/IR:

- Championing ER, IR policies and processes

- Managing employee and complex Industrial relations issues

- Conflict management and dispute resolution through mediation and continuous dialogues

- Implementing process correction measures & risk mitigation measures

- Lead compliance management

Administration & Liaisoning:

- Monitoring and advising on plant related litigation matters

- Ensure smooth Liaisoning with conciliation officer, Labour Commissioner and other Govt. Authorities

- Managing negotiations for out of court settlements

CSR:

- Driving community engagement to become preferred citizen of neighborhood community

- CSR activity Action plan

- Complaints resolution from neighbourhood community

Teams reporting to this role:

HR, CSR, Admin, IR, Payroll

Education:

MBA or MSW or PGDHRM graduate

Good to have/desirable:

Speaks Tamil, knowledge or experience of union.